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JQuery outerHeight returns invalid IE value

I am trying to get the height of an element on a page. I get the expected value (700 pixels or so) in FF and Webkit on Mac, but I get a value of 0 in IE8. I have not tried earlier versions of IE.

HTML:

<section>
  <article>
   ...
  </article>

JavaScript:

var height = myElement.outerHeight(true);

There are a few things that can complicate this.

  • I am trying to measure an element immediately after it is dynamically added to the page (the element was added as a result of an ajax request),
  • The element I'm trying to measure is the html5 element (section).

One thing I noticed is that the inserted html5 elements are poorly formatted when viewed using the developer tools. I get things like </article/>. Everything that was part of the page upon loading looks fine.

, :

  • css display: html5
  • Remy Sharp "html5 script " (Http://remysharp.com/2009/01/07/html5-enabling- script/)
  • divs html5
  • myElement.height() "auto" IE8, . innerHeight() null.

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